سارافانان Rajaram

• Lead the entire gamut of Information Security; ensured execution & ongoing monitoring of the same for the company. Lead design, development & management of Production Data Centers IT Security Infra across the Global.
• Formulated Security designs with Next-Generation Firewall Checkpoint, Palo Alto & Cisco ASA (FTD), and Endpoint Security. Headed Global Firewall and Network infrastructure, across 36 GEO locations and 16 PAN India locations. Significantly contributed to formulating and executing an annual budget for IT Security Infar for Globally.
• Devised & implemented Information & Infrastructure Security strategy including processes, suggesting procurement of security-related equipment, etc. to the management; faced internal group, external & regulatory audits regarding the organization information & IT Infrastructure security.

• Spearheaded complete production network and security infrastructure design, solutions and operations involving provisioning of all infrastructure network, firewalls, VPN devices (Cisco, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, FTD & Juniper) and Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (Cisco, McAfee, Palo Alto & HP Tipping Point).
• Design of security designs with Next-Generation firewall Checkpoint, Palo Alto & Cisco FTD, Cisco ISE & Endpoint security. Delegated Global Firewall & Network infrastructure in 36 GEO locations & 16 PAN India locations.
• Lead strategizing and execution of the NEW ODC and Remote Office along with documentation and diagrams for the Security Infrastructure. Prepared & provided monthly, quarterly and annual information security dashboards to management.
• Monitored the relevance of IT security policy & drive amendments in accordance with changing business/ regulatory environment.
• Developed, revised and implemented information Security Governance processes across organizations. Detected gaps in existing policy and design solutions to plug identified gaps & realign them to the security framework.
• Directed complete management of the Customer ODC/OMC Networks, design & development of office network infrastructures, drafting RPP’s, RFP’s, MSA & project plans, organizing Internal audits for Network & Security infrastructures.
• Represented IT Infrastructure Security & Compliance team for Internal, external & customer audits.

• Lead complete Datacenter Service operations across 120 locations Network and Firewall tasks across 30+ locations for (ABB India Pvt. Ltd.).
• Delegated Infrastructure scrutiny and maintenance of the Firewall, Leas line, ISDN lines, and Disaster Recovery site successfully.

• Monitored and validated security configuration and operational standards for security systems and applications, including policy assessment and compliance tools, network security appliances, security architecture.
• Executed and reinforced security policy with all users; running awareness initiatives (workshops, online teasers, mailers, etc.) to spread awareness about IT security policy throughout the organization.
• Administered critical computing & firewall, Checkpoint, Network resources, Router bandwidth, Internet data links, and Network performance.

Significant Highlights:
• Skillfully reviewed critical datacenter computing & network resources, network bandwidth, routers, internet data links, and computing network performance. Lead all activities for successful management of the Remote Servers, Network, and Firewall.

Responsibilities:
• Adept in securing the servers & communications with servers using IPSec and VPN Technologies & configuring IIS & COM Applications.
• An integral member of the System & Networking team involved in the execution of WIN 2000 domain-controlled network with ADS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, VPN, and IPSEC services.
• A vital member of the team involved in the design & execution of the minimum- security specifications for the desktops, servers, routers, etc.

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